The Barber of Seville

Mezzo-Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Rosina, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Sesto, Julius Caesar (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Jess [cover], Grounded (The Metropolitan Opera); Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni (San Diego Opera); Orfeo, Orfeo ed Euridice (Orchestra of the Triangle); Little Prince and Princess Miaoyin,Tan Dun’s Buddha Passion (Seattle Symphony); Ino, The Lord of Cries (Santa Fe Opera)

Last Updated: February 2024

Mezzo Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Rosina, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Fayetteville, NC
Seattle Opera Mainstage Debut
Previously at Seattle Opera: Hannah After, As One (’16)
Engagements: Charmain, Antony and Cleopatra (The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera); Diana/Giove in Diana, La Calisto (The Glimmerglass Festival), Sesto, La clemenza di Tito (Pacific Opera Victoria); Wowkle, La Fancuilla Del West (The Cleveland Orchestra); Fatima, Omar (San Francisco Opera); Flosshilde, Das Rheingold (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Last Updated: February 2024

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville; Soloist, 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Tamino, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Seoul, Republic of Korea
Seattle Opera Debut: Alfredo, La traviata ('23)
Engagements: Roméo, Roméo et Juliette (LA Opera, Washington National Opera); Tamino, The Magic Flute (The Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera); Alfredo, La traviata (Pittsburgh Opera); Faust, Faust (Irish National Opera, Berkshire Opera Festival); Il Conte D’Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Des Moines Metro Opera); Nemorino, L’elisir d’amore (Irish National Opera). 

Last Updated: February 2024

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Cali, Colombia
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Tonio, La fille du régiment (Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari); Le Comte Ory, Le Comte Ory (Teatro Comunale di Bologna); Ernesto, Don Pasquale and Count Almaviva, The Barber of Seville (Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf and Duisburg); Ein Sänger, Der Rosenkavalier (Irish National Opera, Dublin); Belmonte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Orchestra Cuidad de Granada); Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni (Fundació Òpera a Catalunya)

Last Updated: February 2024

Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Figaro, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Harlekin, Ariadne auf Naxos (Metropolitan Opera); Schaunard, La Bohème (Metropolitan Opera); Albert, Werther (Houston Grand Opera); Maximilian, Candide (Opéra de Lyon); Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Bayerische Staatsoper); Papageno, The Magic Flute (Metropolitan Opera)

Last Updated: February 2024

Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Figaro, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Denver, CO
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Demetrius, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Atlanta Opera); Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia (North Carolina Opera); Baritone soloist, Mahler’s 8^th Symphony (NHK Symphony Orchestra); Silvio, Pagliacci (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Orfeo, Orfeo (Santa Fe Opera); Belcore, L’Elisir d’Amore (Santa Fe Opera)

Last Updated: February 2024

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Doctor Bartolo, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Knoxville, TN
Seattle Opera Debut: Mustafà, L’italiana in Algeri (’06)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Doctor Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro ('22); Somarone, Beatrice and Benedict (’18); Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte (’18); Masetto, Don Giovanni (’07)
Engagements: Papinou, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Dallas Opera); Stefano, The Tempest (Teatro alla Scala); Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd (Austin Opera); The Police Officer, Boris Godunov (The Metropolitan Opera); Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Atlanta Opera); Howard Bard, The Listeners (Opera Philadelphia)

Last updated: February 2024

Bass-Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Dr. Bartolo, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Cairo, Egypt
Seattle Opera Debut: Colline, La bohème ('07)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Hakim/Driver, A Thousand Splendid Suns ('23); Colline, La bohème ('21); Leporello, Don Giovanni ('14); Mandarin, Turandot ('12); Pistola, Falstaff ('10)
Engagements: Dulcamara, L’elisir d’amore (New Orleans Opera); Bartolo, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Lyric Opera of Kansas City); Mustafa, L'italiana in Algeri (Portland Opera); First Priest, The Magic Flute (The Metropolitan Opera); Ferrando, Il trovatore (Pittsburgh Opera); Mr. Costello, Ghosts (San Diego Opera)

Last updated: February 2024

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Basilio, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Beijing, China
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Speaker of the Temple, The Magic Flute (Metropolitan Opera); Olin Blitch, Susannah (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Basilio, Publio, La clemenza di Tito (Staatsoper Hamburg); The Barber of Seville (Austin Opera); Colline, La bohème (Dallas Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Utah Opera; Bonze, Madama Butterfly (Houston Grand Opera)

Last Updated: February 2024

Mezzo-soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Berta, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Richland, WA
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Older Woman, Flight (Dallas Opera, Utah Opera, Minnesota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera); Guilio Cesare, Guilio Cesare (Florentine Opera); Amore, Orfeo (Atlanta Opera); Hermia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Teatro Alla Scala); Regina, Regina (Utah Opera); Herodias, Salome (Toledo Opera)

Last Updated: January 2023

Baritone
Resident Artist
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Silvio, Pagliacci; The Speaker, The Magic Flute

Hometown: Fredonia, NY
Seattle Opera Debut: Fiorello, The Barber of Seville (’24)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Soloist, 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala
Engagements: Per Hansa, Giants in the Earth (South Dakota Symphony); Papageno, The Magic Flute (Buffalo Philharmonic); Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Santa Fe Opera); Ophémon, The Anonymous Lover (LA Opera); The Speaker, The Magic Flute (LA Opera); Schaunard, La bohème (LA Opera)

Last Updated: June 2024

Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: An Officer (Sergeant), The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Federal Way, WA
Seattle Opera Mainstage Debut
Previously at Seattle Opera: Beau, Chop Chop (’23); Teacher/Driver, Earth to Kenzie (’22); Man, Blaze (’21); Prince Paul, Cinderella en España (’19)
Engagements: Dulcamara, L'elisir d'amore, San Francisco Opera Guild; Chorus, Lohengrin, San Francisco Opera; Chorus, Il Trovatore, San Francisco Opera; Father, Hansel and Gretel, UBC Opera Theatre

Last Updated: March 2024

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Ambrogio, The Barber of Seville

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Ambrogio, The Barber of Seville (‘17)
Engagements: Ambrogio, The Barber of Seville (Des Moines Metro Opera); Spirit of Fluidity, SHe Said (Seattle Rep, Broadway Performance Hall); Waxie Moon, Scott Shoemaker’s War on Christmas (Theatre Off Jackson)

Last Updated: February 2024